Double-locked secret chamber



Aug. 28, 1923.

P. GINELEWITZ.

d DOUBLE LocKED SECRET CHAMBER Filed Aug. 21. 1922 Patented Ang. 28, 1923.

PAUL erivnrinwrrz, or NEWKYORK, n. Y.

DOUBLE-LOCKED SECRET CHAMBER.

Application filed August 21, 1922'. Serial No. 583,202.

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Be it known that i, PAUL GiNnLnwrrz,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Y,

New York, in the county of New-York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Double` Locked Secret Chambers, of which the following is a specication.

T hi s invention relates to chambers of com- A partments so arranged as to provide vpro- L,tection Yfor valuables, as documents, jewelry,

etc. Y

The main object of ythe invent-ion is to provide a household article as a clock, with a stand having a concealed space, not readily observable and which would ordinarily be conside-red as containing part of the clock.

A further purpose is to provide means of access to the chamber from the rear, the closure being positively held by interior devices releasable only upon the withdrawal ot an ordinary drawer arranged in t-he lower part oi' the stand.

Another aim is in the provision of an ornamental and useful stand for the clock,l the saine camoulaging its real purpose, that is the secret compartment.

These objects are attained by the novel Vconstruction and combination oi' parts hereafter described. and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a material lpart ofthis disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a/iront elevational Yview of a` structure embodying the invention,

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken* on line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a partial side elevational, `partial sectional view of the same, showing the drawer and chamber as in a locked position.

Figure 4 is a similar but fragmentary view, showing the parts in an unlocked position.

In the drawing, the numeral designa-tes a conventional clock face, set on a casing 11,

' the same being secured in a stand 12 having a gable roof 13, the sides'of the stand rising from a platform 14. Y

Below the platform is a frame resting upon feet 16, the same being suited to rest upon a shelf, or the like as is usually provided for a clock. A

rIhe rear portion of the stand 11 is eX- Y tended tothe rear beyond the clock works 10 and is provided with a pairof doors 17 engaged by hinges 18 at their outer edges,

one of the doors overlapping the other as at 17.

Said doors abut against a cleat 19 iXed at the lower edge to the platform 14 and provided with openings to permit passage ot hooks 20 fixed on the inner sides ofthe door 17 these hookshaving beveled front surfaces 20. f

In the upper lpart of the trame 15 is` slidably mounted'a drawer 21 having a look 22, I engageable with a keeper 23 liXed to the lower side of the platform and carried at the rear of the drawer bottom, on its underside, is an open loop 24.

A lever 25 is pivoted between the sides of the traine 15, below the drawer, on a rod 26,

its front end being bent upward and backward` forming a Ahook 27 adapted to be engaged by the loop 24 when the drawer is unlocked and drawn fully forward, as shown best in Figure 4.

l The lever is held upward at its' rear end by a bent Hat spring 28 and is pivotally attached to the lower end of a detent 29 eX- ten'ding vertically'upward` beyond the rear wall of the drawer, through the platform to normally engage the hooks 20, thus holding the doors 17 securely locke In operation, after releasingthe drawer 21, it is pulled outwardly, causing the loop 24 `to enga-ge thehook 27, thustilting the lever,

opposing the Vspring and withdrawing the detent from the hook `fixed on the doors, permitting them to be opened and gain access to the compartment behind the clock works.

When the drawer is in closed position the doors are held positively from opening but should they be open before the drawer is entered they can be closed` the bevelled faces of the hooks 2O pressing the detent 29 downwardly against the pressure of the spring 28, permitting the hooks to pass over the edge oic the detent and become engaged by it.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 cla-im as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is :e-

A chambered casing comprising a stand, one or more doors `hinged at the back of the casing, hooks on said doors extending into the chamber in said stand, a yframe below said stand, a drawer operable in said frame, a lock for the drawer, anopen loop iixed on the bottom oi" said drawer, near the rear thereof, a lever pivoted in said frame, a

Cain hook on the front end of Said lever engageable by said loop upon moving Jche drawer outwardly, a detent pivoted to the lever at its rear end, said detent extending past the inner end of said drawer and nor- Inally engaging the hooks carried by said doors preventing opening thereof, and a Spring bearing against said lever to normally hold said detentJ in engagement with said hooks, the action of said loop on said can) l0 hook moving the detent out of engagement..

ln wit-ness whereof have afxed my sig nature.

PAUL GINELEWTV 

